John1000

I was about ready to pull the trigger, but there seems to be too many reliability issues with this brand. And the data rate is extremely slow which tells me that this drive is on the lower end of the scale as far as thumb drives go.

mshultise

tatttoochick wrote:This same memory stick is sold at Walmart for 55.00. There is a little savings, but it looks like it's not one of the higher end brand names. good deal, but after tax and shipping I think it would just be easier to drive to Walmart and buy one...

Walmart takes returns too, especially if you find this is not fast enough for you.

clumpymold

bigmurali wrote:I remember back in 1996 buying a 250MB hard-drive for $175 and was happy I got an "awesome deal"

That's pretty crazy how far technology has come. My first Pentium-based computer was the first model they produced in 1994. 60Mhz, 400mb hard drive, 14.4k modem, 8mb ram. I purchased a 2.5gb hard drive for $250 in 1996 and I thought that was SO huge!

QuantumRand

While it wouldn't be quite as portable, twice the money can get you a 2.5" portable hard drive with 7 times the storage space. The hard drive's read/write speeds would probably be better, too, though it likely wouldn't survive a trip through the washing machine like this thing would.

Gandalf431

My first true blue IBM PC had a 5 megabyte (with an M) drive. In the 80s hard drives usually cost about 10 bucks per megabyte. Now we are talking terabytes. This is a good deal for relatively small files.

bernardhny

Mixed reviews on Amazon. Imagine that if you were destroying an out of control food machine that was dropping meatballs on your town you wouldn't want to use this one because of the speed..but for archiving...why not.

gusvonpooch

@martmann4 "I've had around 30 different flash drives over the years (1st one was 56MB I think) only one had an attached cap, I've never lost a cap, so I don't understand why people have a problem with cap loss"
You are way too organized,I on the other hand have multi caps in my desk but no idea where the darn flash drives are !

vickybcool

I bought 2 last time they were here, and I am very happy with mine. I don't move a lot of files back and forth every time I use it, but rather use it as my portable file cabinet and transfer just what I'm working on/with. I love it. I never worry about running out of space, and this sucker is very durable!

buckdavet

cerberusctd wrote:I remwmber our first computer was like a 16MB hdd and i want to say around 25mhz... oh 5-1/4 floppys... i dont miss you...

Youngster! My first real PC did not have a hard drive. It had one 5 1/4" for the program and another 5 1/4" for data. And the one before that.. was basically a keyboard attached to a box that had an 8" floppy!! Comstor was the name, still out in the shed somewhere. Now 64gig the size of a couple pieces of gum..wow!!

rabarker

buckdavet wrote:Youngster! My first real PC did not have a hard drive. It had one 5 1/4" for the program and another 5 1/4" for data. And the one before that.. was basically a keyboard attached to a box that had an 8" floppy!! Comstor was the name, still out in the shed somewhere. Now 64gig the size of a couple pieces of gum..wow!!

I remember, back during the 70's, using mag tape--little cassette drives with 500-2,000 bit/s transfer rates and capacities of maybe 1,000 KB per 90-minute tape

danwat1234

hschulsinger

clumpymold wrote:That's pretty crazy how far technology has come. My first Pentium-based computer was the first model they produced in 1994. 60Mhz, 400mb hard drive, 14.4k modem, 8mb ram. I purchased a 2.5gb hard drive for $250 in 1996 and I thought that was SO huge!

I bought a Micropolis SCSI 1.67GB drive in the late 80s for $1,050 and thought I would never need any more storage. Phewww, was I wrong! But, hey, I was working in those days and had some coin jingling around in my pocket.

geisman1008

I've had a regular 32GB Centon drive for some time and on at least two occassions left in my pants pocket only to find it later in the bottom of the washer. A day or two in a sealed container with some dry rice and it worked fine. No loss of any data and that one does not even claim to be water proof.

tc1uscg

People seem hung up on the 3.O usb thing, but as I have found, plug a 2.0 in a 3.0 slot and it's faster. Plug a 3.0 in a 2.0 slot and it's faster then 2.0 in a 2.0. Trade offs. If I was gonna get a good deal on a car but didn't like the tires, kinda ignorant to pass. Just saying.

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